דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ

   di-ne-KHASH

   of bronze
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ

   ve-tif-ra-YA di-ne-KHASH

   and its claws of bronze
3. clause🔊 דְּחִילָ֣ה יַתִּ֗ירָה שניה שִׁנַּ֤הּ דִּֽי פַרְזֶל֙ וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ אָֽכְלָ֣ה מַדֲּקָ֔ה וּשְׁאָרָ֖א בְּרַגְלַ֥יהּ רָֽפְסָֽה׃

   de-khi-LA yat-ti-RA sha-ni-YA shin-NAH DI far-ZEL ve-tif-ra-YA di-ne-KHASH akh-LA mad-da-KA u-she-A-ra be-rag-la-YA raf-SA

   terrifying exceedingly different its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze it devoured it crushed and what remained with its feet it trampled
4. sentence🔊 אֱדַ֗יִן צְבִית֙ לְיַצָּבָ֔‪א עַל־חֵֽיוְתָא֙ רְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔א דִּֽי־הֲוָ֥ת שָֽׁנְיָ֖ה מִן־כלהון כָּלְּהֵ֑ין דְּחִילָ֣ה יַתִּ֗ירָה שניה שִׁנַּ֤הּ דִּֽי פַרְזֶל֙ וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ אָֽכְלָ֣ה מַדֲּקָ֔ה וּשְׁאָרָ֖א בְּרַגְלַ֥יהּ רָֽפְסָֽה׃

   e-DA-yin tse-VIT le-yats-tsa-VA al-KHE-vta re-vi-AI-ta di-ha-VAT shan-YA min-ku-lo-HON kal-le-HEN de-khi-LA yat-ti-RA sha-ni-YA shin-NAH DI far-ZEL ve-tif-ra-YA di-ne-KHASH akh-LA mad-da-KA u-she-A-ra be-rag-la-YA raf-SA

   then I desired to know about the beast the fourth which was different from all of them all {of them} terrifying exceedingly different its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze it devoured it crushed and what remained with its feet it trampled

Exegesis

The constructs shinnah di-parzel and ve-tiprayah di-nechash {שִׁנַּ֤הּ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶל֙ וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ | šinnah dî-parzel wə-ṭiprayyah dî-neḥāsh} ‘teeth of iron and claws of bronze’ employ relative particles to build vivid imagery.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 נ־ח־שn-ch-sh

“bronze, copper”

• 🔊 נָחָשׁneḥashserpentGenesis 3:1